often as not

Idioms  

1. see under more often than not.

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Example Sentences

Kiarostami isn’t one to judge his subjects—who, often as not, are just ordinary people.

From The Wall Street Journal

Often as not, he turned up what he called “ick” investments.

From Literature

In the sense that television is a lens through which we view ourselves, it’s as often as not a cracked one, or one smeared with Vaseline, to make things crazier or prettier.

From Los Angeles Times

She would send me her preliminary entries for a letter of the alphabet, in non-alphabetical order, mind you, and I would send her some sketches or, as often as not, a finished piece.

From New York Times

As often as not, he said, it leads to “a dark existential uncertainty about what makes people tick.”

From Los Angeles Times